Learning Cities

Author : Leodis Scott
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781119075394

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Learning Cities for Adult Learners by Leodis Scott Pdf

Learning cities call for a connection of adult education to elementary, secondary, and postsecondary institutions along with vocational and corporate workspaces. This volume considers how “learning cities for adult learners” could be created in America that promote lifelong learning and education. Encouraging a widespread approach to educate and learn across disciplines, within communities, and inside the minds of all people, topics covered include: • workplace and organizational learning, • community engagement and service learning, • public libraries and cooperative extension, and • leisure, recreation, and public health education. This is the 145th volume of the Jossey Bass series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums.

Author : Biao, Idowu
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781522581352

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Learning Cities, Town Planning, and the Creation of Livelihoods by Biao, Idowu Pdf

As both a physical living space and emotional environment, cities impact human beings in a number of ways. These ways include but are not limited to the kinds of relationship that may exist among the varying categories of inhabitants of the city, the organization of and accessibility to leaning resources and facilities, the types and rates of migration impacting the city, the security level of the city, and the livelihood networks existing within the city. Learning Cities, Town Planning, and the Creation of Livelihoods is an essential research publication that explores livelihood types and lifelong learning typologies required by cities as well as the relationship between higher education and improved livelihood outcomes. Featuring a broad range of topics such as learning needs, economy, and technologically advanced societies, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, academicians, researchers, students, social workers, educators, politicians, and environmentalists.

Author : Norman Longworth
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134195121

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Learning Cities, Learning Regions, Learning Communities by Norman Longworth Pdf

This book explores the mental and social landscape of the city of today and tomorrow; the way in which people think, interact, work together, learn and live with and among each other. Written to address the urgent need for a guide to the principles and practices of lifelong learning, the topics covered include: an introduction to the idea of learning cities policies and strategies for the learning city, including examples form around the world how to activate learning, involve stakeholders and encourage citizen participation in a learning city or region. Written by one of the world’s foremost thinkers in the field, this book is highly readable and easily accessible to anyone interested in the issues addressed. Workers in local, regional and national government, academics and students of lifelong learning, in addition to anyone with an interest in the future of cities and communities will find this a truly invaluable resource and guide to a way of thinking that many see as the way to a better tomorrow.

Author : Jan R. Stenger
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351578301

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Learning Cities in Late Antiquity by Jan R. Stenger Pdf

Education in the Graeco-Roman world was a hallmark of the polis. Yet the complex ways in which pedagogical theory and practice intersected with their local environments has not been much explored in recent scholarship. Learning Cities in Late Antiquity suggests a new explanatory model that helps to understand better how conditions in the cities shaped learning and teaching, and how, in turn, education had an impact on its urban context. Drawing inspiration from the modern idea of ‘learning cities’, the chapters explore the interplay of teachers, learners, political leaders, communities and institutions in the Mediterranean polis, with a focus on the well-documented city of Gaza in the sixth century CE. They demonstrate in detail that formal and informal teaching, as well as educational thinking, not only responded to specifically local needs, but also exerted considerable influence on local society. With its interdisciplinary and comparatist approach, the volume aims to contextualise ancient education, in order to stimulate further research on ancient learning cities. It also highlights the benefits of historical research to theory and practice in modern education.

Author : McKenna, H. Patricia
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781668440988

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Urban Life and the Ambient in Smart Cities, Learning Cities, and Future Cities by McKenna, H. Patricia Pdf

The topic of urban life and the ambient in smart cities, learning cities, and future cities is a timely one, fitting as it does in the world today by responding in an interdisciplinary way across many areas of research and practice. It is essential for researchers to think about and engage with the notion of flourishing in increasingly challenging environments in smarter ways. Urban Life and the Ambient in Smart Cities, Learning Cities, and Future Cities expands upon explorations of urban life to the ambient. As such, perspectives are offered in this work on urban life in the context of smart cities, learning cities, and future cities, enriched by understandings of the ambient, infusing the interactions of people and technologies in 21st-century environments with increased awareness, at the moment. Covering topics such as ambient learning, smart homes, and extended realities, this premier reference work is an essential resource for students and educators of higher education, architects, urban planners, instructional designers, sociologists, city officials, community leaders, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Maggioli Editore
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788838743139

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Learning cities in a knowledge based society by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith James,Jean Preece,Raúl Valdés-Cotera
Publisher : Springer
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319611303

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Entrepreneurial Learning City Regions by Judith James,Jean Preece,Raúl Valdés-Cotera Pdf

This book proposes an alternative strategy to improve and sustain prosperity, through the creation of an entrepreneurial culture in learning cities or city regions. The edited collection provides insights into how entrepreneurship, education, job creation and social inclusion can be aligned through entrepreneurial learning, in the context of territorial development. With rich and varied contributions from a wide field, including policy makers, entrepreneurs, an investment banker, leaders of universities and councils, the voluntary sector, scientists, educators and students, it reviews and assesses how learning cities and regions may become more prosperous by investing in the development of entrepreneurial skills throughout lifelong learning. Reinforced by examples on developing and retaining entrepreneurial people, this book contributes to our understanding of how entrepreneurial learning can be fostered in different city and city-region contexts. It makes an interesting contribution to the field in terms of mapping out complex issues and testing the practical validity of the concept, while also providing rich and insightful case studies centred on the Welsh experience with entrepreneurial learning city regions. The high quality international contributions demonstrate the new worldwide interest in developing an entrepreneurial culture for the benefit of a city or region, rather than an entrepreneurial mind-set for individual benefit. This fascinating subject will be of interest to many social scientists, policymakers, and practitioners. It will be found especially valuable for professionals involved in economic, inclusive and sustainable city or regional development.

Author : Sue Nichols,Stephen Dobson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811081002

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Learning Cities by Sue Nichols,Stephen Dobson Pdf

This book is an interdisciplinary text exploring the learning and educative potentials of cities and their spaces, including urban and suburban contexts, at all stages of life. Drawing on the insights of researchers from diverse fields, such as education, architecture, history, visual sociology, applied linguistics and sensory studies, this collection of papers develops and demonstrates the connection between experience, in all its dimensions, and informal learning in the city. The chapters discuss various sensory domains of experience, considering visual, embodied, and even sexual dimensions in relation to what and how learning operates, and the contributors reflect on their learning and inquiring experiences in the city, with special reference to topics such as narrativity, ‘race’ and ethnicity, equity, urban literacy, re-generation, participation, representation and oral histories.

Author : Akpovire Oduaran,Harbans S. Bhola
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402043246

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Widening Access to Education as Social Justice by Akpovire Oduaran,Harbans S. Bhola Pdf

Among the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century is that of providing adequate educational opportunities to all citizens of the globe. This anthology – a tribute to the life and work of the Nigerian educationist Michael A. Omolewa – discusses the educational dimensions of social justice, reviews approaches to widening access, analyzes case studies from around the world, and considers future directions in education policy and research.

Author : Annansingh, Fenio
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781799853282

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Examining the Socio-Technical Impact of Smart Cities by Annansingh, Fenio Pdf

Smart city development and governance is a technological issue and a complex mechanism of the political understanding of technology, environmental interest, and urban interactions in terms of both economic gains and other public values. A smart city is defined by the technology it possesses and how it integrates and uses that technology to improve operational efficiency, propel citizen engagement, and justify inward migration. Understanding the principles and policies at work creates a full understanding of smart cities. Examining the Socio-Technical Impact of Smart Cities is an essential publication that enhances our theoretical understanding of the socio-technical impact of smart cities by promoting the conceptual interactions between social and governmental structures (people, task, structure) with new technologies. Highlighting a wide range of topics including community inclusion, cultural innovation, and public safety, this book is ideally designed for urban planners, entrepreneurs, engineers, government officials, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.

Author : Ralph Horne,John Fien,Beau B. Beza,Anitra Nelson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317391074

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Sustainability Citizenship in Cities by Ralph Horne,John Fien,Beau B. Beza,Anitra Nelson Pdf

Urban sustainability citizenship situates citizens as social change agents with an ethical and self-interested stake in living sustainably with the rest of Earth. Such citizens not only engage in sustainable household practices but respect the importance of awareness raising, discussion and debates on sustainability policies for the common good and maintenance of Earth’s ecosystems. Sustainability Citizenship in Cities seeks to explain how sustainability citizenship can manifest in urban built environments as both responsibilities and rights. Contributors elaborate on the concept of urban sustainability citizenship as a participatory work-in-progress with the aim of setting its practice firmly on the agenda. This collection will prompt practitioners and researchers to rethink contemporary mobilisations of urban citizens challenged by various environmental crises, such as climate change, in various socio-economic settings. This book is a valuable resource for students, academics and professionals working in various disciplines and across a range of interdisciplinary fields, such as: urban environment and planning, citizenship as practice, environmental sociology, contemporary politics and governance, environmental philosophy, media and communications, and human geography.

Author : Galaby, Aly Abdel Razek,Abdrabo, Amal Adel
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781799849490

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Handbook of Research on Creative Cities and Advanced Models for Knowledge-Based Urban Development by Galaby, Aly Abdel Razek,Abdrabo, Amal Adel Pdf

Discussing global society entails discussing the predominant characteristics of knowledge-based activities in all walks of life. Its main characteristics are based on creativity, innovation, freedom, and networking. The emergence of such a society poses several challenges to all disciplines of social sciences. Within such a context, sociologists must have practical encounters to the theoretical, methodological, and empirical challenges imposed within contemporary global society. In this vein, studying creative cities from an interdisciplinary perspective helps provide critical readings of the phenomenon and the different levels of the concept in reality. The Handbook of Research on Creative Cities and Advanced Models for Knowledge-Based Urban Development provides global models and best practices of creative cities worldwide and illustrates different theoretical blueprints for the better understanding of contemporary global society. While defining key concepts of creative cities, global society, and creative class, the book also clarifies the main differences between hubs, parks, and precincts and their contributions to knowledge-based development. Covering topics that include knowledge economy, social inclusion, and urban mobility, this comprehensive reference is ideal for sociologists, urban planners/designers, political scientists, economists, anthropologists, historians, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and students.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 813 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780197506721

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The Oxford Handbook of Lifelong Learning by Anonim Pdf

This Handbook provides a comprehensive and up-to-date examination of lifelong learning. Across 38 chapters, including twelve that are brand new to this edition, the approach is interdisciplinary, spanning human resources development, adult learning (educational perspective), psychology, career and vocational learning, management and executive development, cultural anthropology, the humanities, and gerontology. This volume covers trends that contribute to the need for continuous learning, considers psychological characteristics that relate to the drive to learn, reviews existing theory and research on adult learning, describes training methods and learning technologies for instructional design, and explores current and future challenges to support continuous learning.

Author : Margaret Malloch,Len Cairns,Karen Evans,Bridget N. O′Connor
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781529762068

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The SAGE Handbook of Learning and Work by Margaret Malloch,Len Cairns,Karen Evans,Bridget N. O′Connor Pdf

The first two decades of the 21st century have contributed a growing body of research, theorisation and empirical studies on learning and work. This Handbook takes the consideration of this topic into a new realm, moving beyond the singular linking of identity, learning and work to embrace a more holistic appreciation of learners and their life-long learning. Across 40 chapters, learners, learning and work are situated within educational, organisational, social, economic and political contexts. Taken together, these contributions paint a picture of evolving perspectives of how scholars from around the world view developments in both theory and practice, and map the shifts in learning and work over the past two decades. Part 1: Theoretical perspectives of learning and work Part 2: Intersections of learning and work in organisations and beyond Part 3: Learning throughout working lives and beyond Part 4: Issues and challenges to learning and work

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-31
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 9789231001703

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Culture: urban future by UNESCO Pdf

Report presents a series of analyses and recommendations for fostering the role of culture for sustainable development. Drawing on a global survey implemented with nine regional partners and insights from scholars, NGOs and urban thinkers, the report offers a global overview of urban heritage safeguarding, conservation and management, as well as the promotion of cultural and creative industries, highlighting their role as resources for sustainable urban development. Report is intended as a policy framework document to support governments in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development and the New Urban Agenda.